Amir Tataloo

Tataloo
Birth name Amir-Hossein Maghsoudloo
Also known as Amir Tataloo
Born c. 1982/1983 (age 35–36)[1][2]
Tehran, Iran
Origin Irani
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • Songwriter
Years active 2003–present
Labels Tatlity,Walton
Website www.instagram.com/amirtataloo

Amirhossein Maghsoudloo (Persian: امیرحسین مقصودلو‎), better known by his stage name Amir Tataloo (Persian: امیر تتلو‎), is an Iranian singer and songwriter.

Career

An underground musician unauthorized by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Tataloo is "a rapper with so many fans" in words of Time[5] and has a "strong fan base" among the youth in Iran according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.[6] His style has been described as "popular flashy blend of pop, rap and R&B".[1]

As of March 2017, he has up to 4 million followers on Instagram and 1.3 million followers on Facebook, making him one of the most popular Iranians on social media.[7]

In Politics

Tataloo formerly criticized the establishment for not licensing his music, which is deemed as "Western, non-Iranian and immoral" by the government,[5] although he kept distance from politics.[6]

In 2015, he made a shift towards Iran's conservative agenda, pledging his support for the supreme leader of Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on numerous occasions, as well as advocating mandatory hijab.[8][7]

In 2017, Tataloo initially endorsed Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf for the Iranian presidential election. Following Ghalibaf's drop-out, Tataloo sided with Ebrahim Raisi and publicly met him.[8]

Controversies

Arrests

Tataloo was jailed twice in 2013 and 2016. Iranian morality police briefly arrested him in December 2013 for distributing his banned music to illegal foreign satellite channels.[4] He was arrested again on 23 August 2016 and spent two months in prison because of insulting the judge in the court hearing , however he was reportedly charged with “encouraging fasad and fahsha”.[4][8] His fans posted comments on social media accounts of the supreme leader of Iran, demanding his release.[6]

Nuclear Energy song

During the Iran/5+1 nuclear talks in Vienna, in July 2015, Tataloo released a song supporting the Iranian nuclear program. The music video was produced on the Iranian navy ship Damavand.[9]

Telegram audio message

He published an audio message in May 2017 on his Telegram channel, stating he “knew nothing about politics” and his political posts are forwarded by a friend in the IRGC Intelligence Organization with “enough political information to provide us with excellent guidance”.[8]

Discography

  • Zire Hamkaf (2012)
  • Tatality (2013)
  • Man (2014)
  • Number 6 (2015)
  • Mamnoo (2015)
  • Number 7 (2016)
  • Ghahreman (2017)
  • Amir (2017)
  • Sayeh (2018)
  • Jahanam (2018)

References

  1. 1 2 Hanif Kashani (15 July 2015), "Iran's Foreign and Defense Policies", Al-Monitor, retrieved 1 March 2017
  2. ↑ "How Iran is trying to win back the youth", Tehran Bureau, The Guardian, 20 July 2015, retrieved 1 March 2017
  3. ↑ Carles Feixa; Carmen Leccardi; Pam Nilan (2016), Youth, Space and Time: Agoras and Chronotopes in the Global City, BRILL, p. 227, ISBN 9789004324589
  4. 1 2 3 Rouzbeh Hamid (2 October 2016), "Tataloo: the regular arrest of cursed celebrities in Iran", Radio Zamaneh, retrieved 11 June 2017
  5. 1 2 Kay Armin Serjoie (16 July 2015). "This Is the Surprising Way the Iranian Military Responded to the Nuclear Deal". Time. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 Farangis Najibullah & Mohammad Reza Yazdanpanah (25 August 2016). "Iranian Fans Take To Social Media To Demand Rapper's Release". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  7. 1 2 Ershad Alijani (5 January 2017). "Has Iran's bad boy singer been forced to campaign for the religious authorities?". France24. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Holly Dagres (1 June 2017), "This young Iranian rapper may have cost Raisi the presidency", Al-Monitor, retrieved 13 July 2017
  9. ↑ Ishaan Tharoor (16 July 2015). "Watch: Iranian rapper celebrates nuclear power from the deck of a warship". Washington Post.
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